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Your wife calls. She's dead. You're the suspect. Italian noir doesn't mess around.
Mini Series

Melissa (1966)

Gothic paranoiaVintage whodunitSmoking-jacket suspense

Latest Episode

60 min

Season 1 • Episode 6

Latest

Episode 6

Dec 28, 1966

Overview

Drama

Always on the hunt for news, journalist Guy Foster has no idea that he will soon be the subject of the city's crime pages: when his wife Melissa is found strangled in Regent's Park, he will be the first on the list of suspects. His innocence remains to be proven, as does the phone call the journalist claims to have received from his wife shortly before her body was discovered. A second murder and an attempted murder will further complicate matters...

Flag of ITITItalian
Identity and deceptionJustice versus reputationMemory under interrogationIsolation in suspicion

Standout Aspects

Acting

Rossano Brazzi's haunted elegance carries every frame

Cinematography

Shadow-drenched London through an Italian lens

Direction

D'Anza's tight control of escalating dread

Best for:Solo: Late-night black coffee and suspicion·Binge: Six episodes, one rainy weekend
Heads up:Violence: Strangulation deaths, minimal but unsettling·Emotional: Themes of betrayal and lost trust throughout
First AiredNov 23, 1966
StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Seasons1·Episodes6

Top Cast

Rossano Brazzi

Rossano Brazzi

Guy Foster

Turi Ferro

Turi Ferro

Ispettore Cameron

Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato

Don Page

Laura Adani

Laura Adani

Paula Hepburn

Luisella Boni

Luisella Boni

Joyce Dean

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

A rare 1960s Italian co-production shot on location in London, blending giallo aesthetics with British murder-mystery tradition.

Trivia

Rossano Brazzi, already a Hollywood star from 'South Pacific,' returned to European television for this role—reportedly his first series.

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